Leonardo Cuéllar
Cuéllar with Mexico as depicted in a Panini trading card | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Leonardo Cuéllar Rivera | ||
Date of birth | 14 January 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City, Mexico[1] | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1][2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1979 | Pumas | ||
1979–1981 | San Diego Sockers | 57 | (9) |
1980–1981 | San Diego Sockers (indoor) | 2 | (0) |
1981–1982 | Atletas Campesinos | ||
1982 | San Jose Earthquakes | 20 | (0) |
1982–1983 | Golden Bay Earthquakes (indoor) | 25 | (3) |
1983–1984 | Golden Bay Earthquakes | 51 | (3) |
National team | |||
1973–1981 | Mexico | 40 | (3) |
Teams managed | |||
1998–2016 | Mexico women | ||
2017–2021[3] | América women | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Leonardo Cuéllar Rivera (born 14 January 1954) is a Mexican football manager and former player who last acted as the manager of América in the Liga MX Femenil.[4] He was the head coach of the Mexico women's national football team from 1998 to 2016.[5][6]
Playing career[]
Club[]
Cuéllar played for Pumas and Atletas Campesinos in Mexico.[7] He played in the NASL between 1979 and 1984 for the San Diego Sockers, San Jose Earthquakes and Golden Bay Earthquakes. He played for the Earthquakes during the NASL indoor seasons.
International[]
Cuéllar also represented the Mexico national football team 40 times, scoring 3 goals[8][9] and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.[10]
Coaching[]
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Personal life[]
He has an American-born son, Christopher Cuellar, who has coached Mexico women at under-17 and under-20 levels.[11][12]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Leonardo Cuellar Rivera". Liga MX (in Spanish). ligamx.net. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Leonardo Cuellar Rivera". Liga MX Femenil (in Spanish). ligafemenil.mx. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ El Universal (27 March 2021). "Leo Cuéllar se va del América, tras perder el Clásico ante Chivas". El Universal. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Leonardo Cuellar, nuevo tecnico del America". El Universal. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ Lewis, Michael (21 January 2012). "Mexico's Leonardo Cuellar Has Turned 'Las Tri' into a Global Power". Fox News. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ Longman, Jere (10 June 1999). "SOCCER; Mexican World Cup Team Reaps Benefit of America's Special Export". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "1978-79 Season". Pumas. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ Appearances for Mexico National Team - RSSSF
- ^ "Pre-Game Notes: U.S. WNT vs. Mexico - Oct. 21, 2005". U.S. Soccer Federation. 21 October 2005. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Leonardo Cuellar". FIFA. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ Márquez Tizano, Rodrigo; Vilchis, Raúl (11 October 2016). "Christopher Cuéllar: el hombre detrás de la Sub-17 femenil" [Christopher Cuellar: the man behind the women's under-17 team] (in Spanish). VICE. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ Luna Cruz, Édgar (13 August 2014). "México busca su pase en Sub-20" [Mexico seeks its pass in Under-20] (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
External links[]
- Leonardo Cuéllar at National-Football-Teams.com
- Leonardo Cuéllar – FIFA competition record (archived)
- NASL/MISL career stats
- 1954 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Mexico City
- Mexican footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Club Universidad Nacional footballers
- San Diego Sockers (NASL) players
- San Jose Earthquakes (1974–1988) players
- Golden Bay Earthquakes (MISL) players
- Liga MX players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players
- North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
- Olympic footballers of Mexico
- Mexico international footballers
- Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- 1978 FIFA World Cup players
- CONCACAF Championship-winning players
- Mexican expatriate footballers
- Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Mexican football managers
- Mexico women's national football team managers
- Club América (women) managers
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
- 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
- 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
- Liga MX Femenil managers
- Mexican football midfielder stubs